Mustafa Rashid Hassan is 20 years old. His brother was killed by the human smugglers that took him from Somalia to Yemen. Together with the survivors of the journey he lines up at a UN camp for refugees. The stories that they tell is harrowing, babies being thrown over board, women being raped and boats that capsize. Mustafa owns two pairs of trousers, two shirts and the sandals he is wearing, but he is hopeful for a new, and better, life. “I am relying on my God.”
In 2015 thousands of refugees fled toward safety from war and violence. Outside the Slovenian village of Rigonce a train full of refugees has arrived and is escorted by police to a transit camp. Soon the borders leading north into the EU were closed off with barb wire, police and military. Many of the refugees and asylum seekers became stuck in a humanitarian cul-de-sac.